Target: Marco Rubio

Last July one of America’s biggest TV networks craved to interview Senator Marco Rubio. Univision is the biggest Spanish-language network in the U.S., reaching thirteen and a half million households (95 percent of the “Hispanic” total), making it 4th biggest in the U.S., just ahead of NBC. Mexican-Americans make up most of its viewers so the network’s editorial tone essentially echoes that of the Democrat-controlled Hispanic Congressional Caucus.

Univision’s owner is actually an Egyptian-born Israeli-American named Haim Saban, who ranks among the Democratic Party’s most lavish benefactors. “I don’t say this lightly,” said Democratic National Committee head Terry McAuliffe back in 2007, “Haim Saban saved the Democratic Party.”

This summer Senator Rubio was asked to appear on the network’s top show, Al Punto, for an interview with Univision’s star anchorman, Jorge Ramos, hailed as “the Brian Williams of Hispanic TV” by AdAge. Ramos is a multi-Emmy winner and author of a bestseller titled “Open Borders,” which pretty much sums up his position. Marco Rubio opposes even the Dream Act. So the plan called for “Hispanic” Univision tinkling the tune and “Hispanic” Senator Marco Rubio either stepping and fetching, tap dancing or being outed in front of the vast majority of America’s “Hispanic” households as anything “but a credit to his race,” more like a traitor. Herman Cain knows something about this.

And like Herman Cain, Senator Rubio declined the role of Mr. Bojangles. So Univision cranked up the inducements. They had the goods on Rubio, they explained in a meeting with his staff. Marco’s brother-in-law had been busted for drugs in 1987 and they planned a prime-time expose of the scandal. Marco’s cooperation with an interview just might prompt Univision to “soften” or even kill the program altogether.

Marco was 16-years-old at the time and this was his brother-in-law. If this strikes you as hardly scandalous for the freshman senator, such is the desperation among the “Hispanic” (i.e. Democratic) establishment to damage Marco Rubio that offering to silence this item struck them as an offer he couldn’t refuse. Then the Democratic-Hispanic establishment would tuck Rubio in their pocket as surely as the Corleones tucked Nevada Senator Geary in theirs.

When Marco’s sister refused Univision’s offer to “contribute” to their report, the network parked a huge news truck from of her house to further harass her and apparently also to demonstrate their investigative prowess. “I always knew Univision to be a professional organization until this happened,” said Rubio of the blackmail attempt.

The “expose” on Rubio’s brother-in-law ran for two days last July and instantly fizzled, despite a publicity blizzard by Univision to their MSM soulmates. Apparently the tangent proved too embarrassingly tenuous even for most Rubio-bashers. Univision’s sleaze factor also nixed their planned Republican debate this January. “Even in this time of ever-changing media techniques, Univision’s unethical tactics stand out,” wrote Rick Perry spokesman Ray Sullivan to Univision’s CEO. “Therefore, Gov. Perry will not consider participating in the Jan. 29, 2012, Univision debate until your network addresses this ethical breach and takes action to correct it.” All candidates except Ron Paul are in lockstep with Gov. Perry on this issue.

Last week came time for “Target Rubio Plan B.” A front-page story in the Washington Post by Manuel Franzi-Roig (a frequent visitor to Castro’s Cuba, which he gushes over as “intriguing and extraordinarily exotic”) accused Rubio of “embellishing” his family history.

The WaPo’s Rubio-gate boils down to this: Documents they “uncovered” (in fact they’ve been prominently displayed on a Birther blog since May) reveal that Rubio’s parents came to the U.S. in 1956 rather than in 1959 as he has claimed in some interviews and on his Senate website. Castro took over Cuba in January of 1959. So because his parents weren’t fleeing Castro’s rule at the instant of arrival in the U.S. Marco “embellished” his family’s Cinderella story. He’s technically not the son of glamorous “political exiles,” as his Senate bio claims, but of tacky “economic immigrants” — legal ones to boot, making them super-tacky in WaPo eyes.

History should mark the first Bush administration as the point where America peaked and then began it's descent into the abyss.

Bush the First failed to follow the path of Reagan. Bush the Second deviated from Bush the First but ried to be JFK the Second and failed miserably.

Now, as predicted, the elites have given us a thousand points of misery.

smokehouse56

Still on the Bush's fault crap. Get a life and go burn a flag somewhere.

alexander

Yep, those dorks "forgot" idiocies of Carter….But let'em b*tch, for a sake of argument:
OK, you are right. NOW WHAT???? And they do not know, their GGod FuBAR Ack does know, nor his vast tonnage of leftist imbeciles do not know..
Whatta circus.

Scorp1168

Let us not forget that the deficit was doubled to $10 Trillion BEFORE Obummer took office; and a $1.5 Trillion annual operating deficit. I am not saying Obummer is some fantastic President, but common sense and reality dictate that he stepped into a massive pile of crap and proceeded to splatter it all over. If you are not totally convinced that both parties are working together to screw everyone, you are obviously delusional.

StephenD

Alexander says it best "OK, you are right. NOW WHAT????"

Herman Caintonette

Redistribute the wealth, impose rational tariffs, and put people back to work.

777

That's why man cannot fix our problems and Jesus Christ is the only answer to the worlds problems

alan g

I don’t think JC himself would want to step into this mess that we put ourselves in. Keep in mind, most of the dept was accumulated the last 2 years of Bushes presidency. Who controlled congress at the time. I’m just saying. By the way, I meant debt, not dept.

Fergie

The best crap spreaders in our government are Nasty Nancy Palosi and Horrible Harry Reid – those two were in control during GW’s presidency and have maintained that deity status even before that and currently – Nasty Nancy would send her majority Whip to pull in the poor empty headed dims and force them to co-sign big spending bills that funneled money where ever her big donors lived – look at the pork those pigs swallowed and look at Nasty’s bank accounts – they were their own economic bubble! Then Horrible Harry would add his list of favorite porkers to the bill GW needed to pass and there you go – kick backs are so much fun when you’re in politics, cause whose policing the police? The police of course – nice set-up if you ask me.

alexander

Great American – Senator Rubio.
Please help to save America… See Dick Moris talking about:
What Motivates Obama?

Amused

Dick Morris ? Aint he the guy caught in the hotel room crawling around in womens underwear ???]LOLOLOL……credibility personified !!!

voted against carter

As usual the libratards TRY and smear ANY one who call them out. FAIL.

Stupid libratards.

StephenD

I think this is a very good piece of work Mr. Fontova. I hope America gets to see much more of what makes Marco Rubio tick. It really is irrelevant for me (his ethnicity) but the character that has grown from such humble beginnings is a testament to the fact that it takes heat and pressure to make a diamond and I think he may prove to be the jewel of America.

Herman Caintonette

If I had a dollar for every time a politician embellished his resume, I could hire Bill Gates as my personal valet. But if the central theme of your resume is a fraud, you lose all cred, and as it is said in politics, sooner or later, your sins will find you out.

Rubio has been caught out. His parents weren't struggling Cubans fleeing the terror of the Castro regime; they were part of the wealthy Batista elite, who moved to Miami to live the good life. He is a fraud, and should be discounted accordingly.

alan g

Herman, give it up already. Nobody is interested in what garbage you are putting out. You are nothing but a cynic in what you are saying. Go back and tell your boss Barack or Soros that you failed.

Herman Caintonette

A cynic is a man who sees the world as it is.

And yes, I can see why you might want to have a purer intellectual echo-chamber. It is the same everywhere — from HuffPo to Townhall, from Salon to FrontPage. That there might be a credible opposing viewpoint gets in the way of your immaculate preconceptions.

With Heinlein (iirc), I have never learned from a man who agrees with me. That is why I don't want to be in an echo-chamber.

alan g

You had better check you definition of the word cynic. You are even wrong about that. I now understand what happened to you. You must have been a CU graduate. (Columbia University)

Herman Caintonette

The modern dictionary definition of cynic is "a person who believes that only selfishness motivates human actions." Even Dale Carnegie agrees with me on this point.

alan g

Herman, would you say the same thing about your boss, Barack? After all he has lied and embellished his past from his birth and throughout his growing up. From his commie parents to Frank Marshall to all of his marxist relationships. Reverend wright, bill Aires. I literally can go on and on. So please spare me your condemnation of what appears to be smart, wise and descent guy like Rubio. I would take him over Obama in a nano-second.

Herman Caintonette

He's not my boss; I don't carry a brief for him. Rubio, Romney, Obama, you name it: the way to tell when a politician is lying is when his or her mouth is moving.

Rubio was too good to be true, which was why I am not surprised that he was caught out as a liar.

Reese

Oh………you carry a brief for him…..and you carry water for him……and you crawl around at his narcissist feet. You are disgusting.

Herman Caintonette

Reese, you aren't paying attention.

Fergie

Herman,
In the real world, where history is not invented or remade, you are what we like to call A MORONIC ILL-INFORMED JERK – I can tell you didn’t read this article or anything that will sway you from your warped beliefs that ONLY RICH PEOPLE CAME FROM CUBA AND THAT WAS JUST BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T WANT CASTRO TO TAKE BACK ALL THE MONEY THEY STOLE – just like a good little leftist troll – now buzz off you buzzard of the left – go back to the dead carrion you flew off of.

Herman Caintonette

The poor Cubans couldn't buy their way in.

Rubio's cover story was a fraud, borne of expediency. Cubans have been, by and large, the only Hispanic sub-group that has been consistently Republican.

Chris Nichols

Because they know a communist when they see one. Poor Cubans couldn't buy their way in? Into where?

Reese

Marco Rubio is a great man. His parents hated communism, oppression, and anti-freedom in Cuba and got the hell out of there and raised Marco up to know that Communism, Socialism, Marxism, Naziism are evil. That's why the Liberal Progressives / Islamists / Marxists / Socialists / Communists / Naziis / Green Earth Worshippers-Worship of Created Instead of Creator people have all joined together to hate him …and to hate Israel, Jews, Judeo-Christianity, Conservatism, the Tea Party.

Supreme_Galooty

HC reminds me of the little purple troll covered with frog hair, who shouts inanities at the small but growing crowd. His stature grows and grows until the bus arrives and suddenly his audience is gone. Boo Hoo. Po' widdew Hoimonette.

Herman Caintonette

The short bus comes to you, for obvious reasons.

Amused

Just like those who claim heroic military careers , buy phony medals ….all in all making themselves out to be something they are not , Rubio got busted . He capitalized on his fairey-tale and spun out a political "career " with it . HC 's conclusions are most likely true , to leave Cuba when they did , his family was certainly not among the persecuted by BVatista OR Castro . Most of the little nimrods here can not connect the dots ….lol…no surprise there eh ?

Amused

Rubio comes from my neck of the woods and I'vre heard his speeches , most of which were laced with his little "refugee story " , and it has gottewn him pleny of political mileage especially amongst the many Cubanos which dominate his district .
Supremo Galuto and Stephen [foot in his mouth] D , neither of you knowwhat you're talking about .

StephenD

LOL. And how did I put my foot in my mouth? Regardless of whether his parents were "refugees" from Cuba Marco Rubio stands for all the right stuff…so far. I'll continue to sing his praise unless and until his positions shift or his votes not reflect my beliefs. What don't you get about this?

Amused

Suck up to the author boys …..that's what you're here for .

Amused

And Ole'Humberto 's just another red meat flinger . With an Hispanic flair .If I had a nickel for every hairbrained article he put up here , I could make a mortgage payment .
Aint that right Humberto ? In fact you may not even be an Humberto , more likely a James or William .LOLOLOLOL

bearone7777

Hello,
I will have to watch my mouth here, and be decent for my Christianity demands that of me. If you will there is not to much that needs to be said here other than Univision is owned by NBC—DOES THAT SAY ENOUGH FOR YOU??